4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator Eurorack Module (26 HP)

Create morphing drones, polyphonic melodies, evolving sequences, and rich textures with the 4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator, a six-channel Eurorack modular synthesizer voice. The SWN features six wavetable oscillators with independent pitch, level, and waveform controls and six LFOs that can be used as modulation sources and/or envelopes, adding instant dynamic motion to your patch. Each channel is a full voice and can be played using the top row of buttons, the internal LFOs, or note-change detection on the 1V/oct jacks.

Pitch Controls

All pitch features can be controlled globally or per-channel.

Octave: shifts pitch of channel(s) up or down by octaves

Transpose: shifts pitch of channel(s) up or down by semitones

Fine+Transpose: shifts pitch of channel(s) up or down by microtonal amounts

Scale: selects quantization: major, minor, semitones, or no quantization

Spread: creates chords by spreading channel pitches apart

Fine+Spread: detunes each channel a different amount for phasing effects

1V/oct jacks: pitch control jack for each channel

Transpose jack: global 1V/oct pitch

Spread CV jack: global chord selection

LFO/Envelope Controls

All LFO features can be controlled globally or per channel.

LFO Output jacks: Each channel has a dedicated LFO/envelope output jack

LFO Speed: Rate/tempo of each LFO. Divides/Multiplies main clock by integer amounts unless Fine button is pressed. In audio range, adjusts by semitones

LFO Shape: Selects from 25 LFO waveshapes (ramps, saw, sine, complex shapes, etc)

LFO Gain: Control amplitude of LFO on LFO output jacks. Useful for self-patching LFOs to other SWN jacks

LFO Phase: Adjusts when each LFO fires relative to the down beat. Example: 60 degrees of phase shift per channel creates a 6-step sequence

LFO Type button: Toggles between trigger, gate, and waveshape

LFO CV jack: Adjust LFO Speed

Ext Clock jack: Sync to external equipment

Amplitude Controls

Sliders: each channel has a dedicated level (volume) slider

Mute button: each channel has a mute/unmute button

Key button: in Keyboard or Note mode, mute button will fire the channel's envelope to play a note

VCA input jacks: switch re-purposes 1V/oct jacks to control level of each channel with CV

LFO->VCA button: Internally uses each channel's LFO to control its level to create sequences and/or dynamic motion. (global or per-channel)

Wavetable Controls

All wavetable features can be controlled globally or per-channel.

Browse: Morphs between all waveforms in the Spherical Wavetable (Sphere) by navigating in zigzag (snake) pattern

Depth: Morphs between waveforms in the Sphere by navigating only in the Depth dimension

Latitude: Morphs between waveforms in the Sphere by navigating in the Latitude dimension

Longitude: Morphs between waveforms in the Sphere by navigating in the Longitude dimension

Sphere: Selects a Spherical Wavetable from the 12 factory spheres and up to 108 user-created custom spheres

Dispersion: Pushes each channel to a different position within the Sphere

Dispersion Pattern: Selects the pattern that channels are dispersed

WT Spread: Pushes each channel into a different Sphere

Presets

All settings (except level sliders and 1V/oct / VCA switch) can be saved for later use.

Save Preset: Save the state of the SWN so you can come back to it later.

Load Preset: Select one of 108 user preset slots to load.

Clear Preset: Delete a preset that you previously saved.

Undo Preset: Undo your last preset action (example: accidentally cleared the wrong preset, or saved over a preset). Can be used to A/B between a preset the current sound.

Sphere Recording

Special mode to record your own Spherical Wavetables where some controls have a new purpose

Waveform In jack: Input an audio signal here (gain is automatically adjusted, even for line level signals)

Record: Start recording from Waveform In jack (2.5 second buffer)

Monitor: Monitor the audio signal by sending it to the output jacks

Test-tone: Produce a test tone for tuning your audio source (optional)

Wavefolding FX: Wavefolds the waveform(s)

Bit Decimation FX: Adds bit decimation to waveform(s)

Metalizer FX: Adds a metalizer effect to waveform(s)

Low-pass filter FX: Low-pass filters the waveform(s)

Gain/normalization FX: Controls normalization or attenuation of waveform(s)

Seam smoothing FX: Smooths the seam of recorded waveform(s)

Waveform Shift: Scrubs through recorded audio to select which waveforms will be saved into the Sphere

Waveform Spread: Adjusts the pattern of waveform selection from the recorded audio

Waveform Stretch: Stretches waveforms, which shifts pitch up and down by octaves

LFO sync pulses and ramps: when recording, LFO jacks output timed pulses and ramps useful for synchronizing the audio source (example: playing a different sample for each waveform recorded)

Save Sphere: When done, save your sphere in one of 108 slots for user-created custom spheres

Eurorack Ready

Module size: 26 HP Eurorack format module

Maximum depth: 0.98" (25mm) with power cable

Power consumption:+12V: 185mA with LED PWR jumper set to 12V; 107mA with LED PWR jumper set to 5V-12V: -30mA+5V: not used with LED PWR jumper set to 12V; 60mA with LED PWR jumper set to 5V

+12V: 185mA with LED PWR jumper set to 12V; 107mA with LED PWR jumper set to 5V

-12V: -30mA

+5V: not used with LED PWR jumper set to 12V; 60mA with LED PWR jumper set to 5V